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NASA’s Armageddon Office Aims To Protect Earth From Doomsday Asteroids
NASA’s Armageddon Office Aims To Protect Earth From Doomsday Asteroids
NASA’s Armageddon Office Aims To Protect Earth From Doomsday Asteroids. Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency’s efforts to detect and track near-earth objects, and coordinate with other federal agencies as well as other nations if and when it becomes necessary. The head of the department, Lindley Johnson, even has an awesome new title: Planetary Defense Officer. NASA has been stepping up its efforts to protect the planet from a devastating impact, most recently teaming up with the National Nuclear Security Administration to work on a plan to use nuclear weapons to deflect an asteroid. If the agency and other international organizations aren’t able to deflect the celestial body, NASA said the new department could work to prepare people on Earth by alerting those in the potential impact zone and assisting emergency response agencies such as FEMA.
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